One killed and four injured after car plows into group on street corner in Manhattan, ‘including migrants from nearby shelter’
- A car slammed into a bicyclist and pedestrians on 3rd Avenue and East 21st Street
- At least one person was killed and three were injured – the driver was arrested
- Witnesses say some of the victims were migrants staying at a nearby shelter
One person was killed and at least four injured in a collision with a group of people on a street corner in Lower Manhattan on Sunday evening.
The victims, some of whom claimed to be migrants, were at the intersection of East 21st Street and Third Avenue when a gray Hyundai slammed into them.
According to police, a 26-year-old man was traveling north on Third Avenue and struck three pedestrians and a bicyclist on the right side of the road. He was seen handcuffed.
A 23-year-old man died at the scene, a 27-year-old woman broke her leg and a 21-year-old man sustained a cut on his leg. An 18-year-old cyclist sustained leg and back injuries, ABC7 reported.
A 25-year-old female passenger of the Hyundai suffered a broken right leg. Two e-bikes were seen on site that were destroyed in the collision.
One person was killed and at least four injured when a car plowed into a group of people on a street corner in Lower Manhattan. Pictured is the scene at the East 21st Street and Third Avenue intersection
A view west along East 21st Street shows the car crashing into the LinkNYC station looking north on Third Avenue
A driver of the vehicle was seen handcuffed at the scene of the collision
According to a witness, some of the victims were migrants staying nearby at the old NYPD academy shelter.
George Colli, who heard the crash and rushed to the scene to help, told PIX11 at least some of the victims were migrants.
“This corner is a block from the Gramercy Training Academy where they house 300 to 400 immigrants, and that’s not an area with rooms, it’s not a hotel,” he told the station.
They often hang out on street corners. This happened right at a LinkNYC Wi-Fi and charging station that many of the immigrants will go to for home calling, video, FaceTiming, et cetera,” he said.
A witness who heard the crash said some of the victims on the corner were migrants staying at Gramercy Training Academy using a LinkNYC Wi-Fi station
A 25-year-old female passenger of the car is said to have broken a leg in the collision
The gray Hyundai Sonata crashed into the LinkNYC internet and charging station that some migrants were using, according to witnesses
One of the injured women was taken away on a stretcher
At least one cyclist was injured in the accident on Sunday evening
One of the cars appeared to have hit the LinkNYC kiosk that was in use at the time of the crash.
A second was towed away and the driver was handcuffed in the back of a police car.
He is currently being evaluated for DWI and his identity has not been released.